Self-heating sad-iron.



0. EIADAMSON. SELF HEATING SAD-IRON.

- APPLICATION FILED APR.30, 1908.

Patented May 7, 1912.

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CHARLES ELLSWORTH ADAMSON, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SELF-HEATING SAD-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30,1908.

Patented. May 7, 1912 Serial N0. 430,059.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ELLswoRTrr ADAMsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self- I-Ieating Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in self-heating sad-irons and more especially to rolling or revolving irons.

The primary object of my invention is the production of a sad-iron formed in one integral piece and embodying in its construction a heating-chamber and means to receive and hold an absorbent material in such relation to said heating-chamber as to provide a flame within the latter.

Another object is, the production of a simple and eflective self-heating rotatable sad-iron inwhich a heating-chamber is formed or applied centrally in said iron.

To these ends the invention consists in a revolubly-supported roller serving as the sad-iron and hollowed out to provide a heat ing-chamber and also bored to receive absorbent material adapted to be saturated with alcohol or any suitable hydrocarbon; it also consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved sad-iron. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same viewed from the open end thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the iron; the sectional portion being taken on line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the iron; the sectional portion being taken on line 44, Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in the several figures.

I prefer to make the sad-iron in the form of a roller, so as to have a small bearing area, which enables the user to apply great pressure to the goods with the least amount of weight in the iron. I make the roller A of a suitable metal and provide a suitable handle B and frame C, all as shown in the drawings. In one end of the roller A I provide a heating chamber which is formed by drilling or boring out the central portion of the roller to about one-fourth its length, forming a recess or bowl D, most clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. I then drill a plurality of holes or bores E around the axis of the roller from this recess almost through to the other end of the roller, which holes or bores serve as pockets to receive absorbent material F, such as ordinary cotton wicking, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4; that portion of the iron having the bores forming a burner. In this manner, the roller is formed in one integral piece and embodies in its construction a burner and a heatingchamber, and in providing the pockets and wicks in the roller, I regulate the size and number so as to hold just enough liquid-fuel to heat the roller properly to begin ironing. Thus it will be seen that I can regulate the heating capacity of the burner by the numher and size of these absorbing wicks. I regulate this according to the size of'the iron to be heated.

To each end of the roller A, I provide screw-journals G, which serve to support the roller in the frame or yoke. C, most clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. I connect the yoke or frame C to the handle B in any common or suitable manner. In using my invention or in preparing the iron for. use, a small quantity of wood alcohol or a fluid-hydrocarbon is poured into the bowl D, which is at once absorbed by the wicks F. I pour out all that is not absorbed. The iron is then laid down fiat and a match applied to the open end thereof to ignite the liquidfuel, which burns slowly for about three minutes, during which time the open end of the iron becomes heated.

As soon as the interior flame heats the inner surface of the metal and the wicks suiticiently to create a vapor or gas from the liquid-fuel the flame will at once greatly in crease. turned with the open end down so that the flame will encircle the iron, burning sufficiently long to heat it just right for use. My iron can be used for regular ironing, the same as any flat iron, but it is more especially adapted to be made small and portable so as to be carried in the pocket or grip and used by people traveling.

I do not wish to confine my method of heating to a rotary iron, as it may be ap- The iron is then picked up and plied to other shapes, and I do not limit the heating chamber to any particular number or form of absorbing wicks, but

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A self-heating rotatable iron comprising a cylindrical body hollowed at one end to form a heating-chamber and having a pocket extending from said chamber toward its other end, and absorbent material within said pocket.

2. A sad-iron comprising a cylindrical roller hollow at one end to form a heatingchamber and having pockets around the axis of the roller extending from said chamber toward the other end of the roller, absorbent material in said pockets, and a handle in which said roller is rotatably held.

3. A rotatable sad-iron comprising a cylindrical body having an open heatingchamber at one end extending through a portion of its length and a pocket extending from said chamber lengthwise toward the opposite end of said body, and absorbent material in said pocket and exposed through said open heating-chamber.

4. A rotatable sad-iron comprising a one piece cylindrical body having a pocket formed therein and a heating-chamber into which said pocket opens, and absorbent material held in said pocket.

5. In a self-heating sad-iron, a hollow body portion having a pocket or pockets and a heating chamber formed therein, said pocket or pockets extending inward from said heating chamber, and absorbent material retained in said pocket or pockets.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ELLSWORTH ADAMSON. Witnesses:

E. R. LERNER, E. M. BENNETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

